Blackstone Book Club

Blackstone Book Club

The Community Reads Book Club bridges the world of the stage with the lives of Chicagoans, transforming the traditional theatregoing experience into a vibrant, neighborhood-driven forum for collective reflection and civic dialogue. This interactive book club and discussion program invites audiences to dive deeply into foundational literature that mirrors and expands upon the urgent socio-political themes expressed in Court’s public programs and on its stage.

Anchoring Court Theatre’s Spotlight Reading Series 10th Anniversary Festival, this year’s selection is Harvey Young and Queen Meccasia Zabriskie’s Black Theater is Black Life: An Oral History of Chicago Theater and Dance, 1970–2010.

Artwork by Brandon Breaux.